These photographs are of Test Pilots,Engineers,and various research and production aircraft flown on test flights mostly from the late 1940's through to the present day.
Most of these have been kindly signed by those depicted

Saturday, January 20, 2007

Arnold.G.Heimerdinger 1910-1975

A.G. Heimerdinger, flight operations manager for the Douglas Santa Monica Division; assisted by William M. Magruder, copilot and Paul H. Patten, systems operator; was at the controls for first flight of the DC-8. DC-8 MAIDEN FLIGHT Cover signed by A.G.Heimerdinger to celebrate the maiden fligt of Douglas DC-8 N8008D

A.G. "Heimie" Heimerdinger, who commanded the maiden flight of the McDonnell Douglas DC-8 in 1958, joined Douglas in 1952 as project pilot for the DC-6B and successively flew the DC-7, DC-8 and DC-9, gaining several point-to-point records for the DC-8 series. He retired in 1974.